Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | You only have to read what women in emerging feminist groups and movements are writing , to see that these patterns repeat themselves time and again . |
| 2 | At least three cases suggest themselves : |
| 3 | Frogs and birds pamper themselves with plumes of pampas grass |
| 4 | Chauffeurs peel themselves off the walls , put down their fifth or sixth freebie rock'n'roll drink , and take us all in convoy to a club somewhere in Kansas City . |
| 5 | Forest Goblins decorate themselves with colourful feathers , often sticking the quills directly into their skin as Goblins feel little pain . |
| 6 | In the larval stages , caddisflies build themselves cases out of the materials of the river bed . |
| 7 | The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention . |
| 8 | Ladies , two , with ample flesh flapping from the bones of their legs spread themselves thickly on the tube train seat and gather in their posh polythene well-advertised shopping receptacles like a doting mother with five children . |
| 9 | It was the only time Oxford 's fans let themselves down , but order was soon restored . |
| 10 | But 30 young drivers put themselves through it to try and win the title best young motorist . |
| 11 | Waves organize themselves into trains so that , as one of their number expires , a memory of its strength is bequeathed to its successors , consolidating their length ( the distance between crests ) and speed and height . |
| 12 | Animals lend themselves to humorous interpretations . |
| 13 | Animals lend themselves to humorous interpretations . |
| 14 | ‘ No one can conceive of a revolutionary party saying that it will let enterprises or economic sectors manage themselves , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Most shoplifters give themselves away by constantly looking around at cameras and cashiers or staying in the same area for a long time . |
| 16 | Patios lend themselves in particular to herb cultivation because they are so often sited next to the house and facing the sun . |
| 17 | Once it was recognized that animals orient themselves in a variety of ways , the engineering approach was extremely successful in identifying the underlying mechanisms . |
| 18 | A more fundamental change has come from studying how animals orient themselves not in a simple environment but in a structurally complex one ; for example , how they use landmarks to find their way home . |
| 19 | Coming from Russia , where freedom of the press has been not so much unknown as uncomprehended since long before the Revolution , he is shocked to discover that a free press disseminated all kinds of false , partial and invented information and that journalists contradict themselves from one day to the next without shame and without apology . |
| 20 | Schools run themselves some have left the authority , we still have three education sub committees a major education committee , numerous sub groups and working parties and it 's gone time we recognised the changing world and streamlined the members side of the education department in the same way that the officer side 's been streamlined and slimmed down . |
| 21 | ad hoc as external courses in specific subjects present themselves . |
| 22 | There are no instant answers to this dilemma , but two partial solutions present themselves . |
| 23 | In Laing 's view , getting to the top in management by climbing up through the ranks is fifty per cent luck , but when the opportunities present themselves , they have to be grasped , and that often requires courage . |
| 24 | But nevertheless , at that stage in your career , the tendency is to be in so much of a hurry , that if the opportunities present themselves , it all seems quite logical in a way . |
| 25 | Tutors and mentors will wish to examine and introduce professional and ethical issues relating to the Code as and when opportunities present themselves . |
| 26 | Similar considerations present themselves as regards ‘ rendering to each his due ’ . |
| 27 | This is exactly what I have attempted in this book , beginning in chapter four with my version of why so many black kids commit themselves to sport , then moving , in chapters five and six , to the experiences in family life and at school and how these affect the ties to sport . |
| 28 | And unless all nations commit themselves to the elimination of ozone-depleting chemicals , the agreement is compromised . |
| 29 | Given that two of the major components in the motor of the present technological progress are profit maximisation and the consolidation of power ( based on the notion of an ever-increasing rate of production and consumption ) it is not surprising that the contradictions manifest themselves so obviously on all sides . |
| 30 | All schools market themselves whether they are conscious of it or not . |